BURNED TO DEATH
LYNCH LAW IN POLAND
FEASANTS ENRAGED BY THEFTS
VIENNA, Jan. 9. A hideous sample of Lynch law was experienced in the Polish town o Ci'zonseichan. Peasants, exasperated by persistent thefts, and the police s inability to find the offender, organised a search, found a man. took him to a stake. Logs were piled to his neck and then set on fire. The peasant’s drank and danced wildly till death ended the victim s agonising cries. . , The police arrested So ring-leaders. A. and N.Z.C.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10302, 11 January 1927, Page 3
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86BURNED TO DEATH Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10302, 11 January 1927, Page 3
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